David Frances

David Frances is an international mining executive with a track record of developing assets in Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo) with Mawson West (TSX: MWE) from 2006 to 2012, which he took private in 2009 when it was a $5M ASX-listed company with exploration and development projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mr Frances spent nearly 30 years transacting, discovering, funding, developing and operating assets in Australia and Africa. He has also overseen other successful developments and has corporate strategic skills and knowledge of equity capital and debt markets.

Mr Frances served as executive and non-executive chair, president and managing director for several ASX- and TSX-listed and private companies across a diverse range of business. He has dealt with multiple governments at all levels, and specialises in the delivery of tough projects in complex jurisdictions. He is committed to seeing companies move towards adopting the global standard for Environmental, Social and Governance metrics, and disclosures as released by the World Economic Forum.